Tag Archives: Aboriginal Sovereignty
Tent Embassy Gets Permanent Site
QUEENSLAND: A scaled-down Aboriginal tent embassy will remain permanently in a Brisbane park, but activists will not be allowed to return to the original site. Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk agreed to hand over an area of South Brisbane’s Musgrave Park … Continue reading
Sovereign Tent Embassies Grow in Strength
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is legendary. Located beside the Old Parliament House in Canberra, the Embassy was established in 1972 in order to demand sovereignty for Australia’s Indigenous peoples. Over the years, the Embassy has become an important symbol for Indigenous Peoples … Continue reading
Aboriginal Sovereignty Symposium
Litigating the Boundaries of Sovereignty – Symposium Day 1 LIRC Symposium: Wednesday 23 May 2012 On 26 January 2012, on the day of the 40th anniversary of the establishment Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, a number of prominent Aboriginal activists … Continue reading
Call for Delegates to Attend Assembly of Aboriginal Unity Government
All Aboriginal nations are being called on to send two delegates to the inaugural assembly of the interim national unity government in Wollongong in May. “This gathering to form the Interim Sovereign Union National Unity Government is so important, as … Continue reading
Open Letter to the Australian PM From ‘Sovereign Union’ Spokesman
In an ‘open letter’ to Australia’s prime Minister Julie Gillard, Michael Anderson requests an answer as to whether the 1967 referendum to amend section 127 of the Constitution was valid. He calls upon the Commonwealth government to provide the written evidentiary … Continue reading
Australian Government is Caught in a Legal & Political Conundrum
Australia is now in a real political and legal conundrum, not because of the Julia Gillard win nor because we have an unpopular leader of the opposition in Tony Abbott as the possible alternative, but because Australia is also confronted … Continue reading
Gillard Must Face Aboriginal Sovereignty Now
National Unity Aboriginal Government Press Statement Michael Anderson, spokesperson ‘Sovereign Union’ – National unity government Goodooga, northwest NSW 26th February 2012 (Updated) The Federal government has a cheek to call Aboriginal communities dysfunctional. I think it time they apologise for … Continue reading
Nyoongar Tent Embassy Rejects Native Title Deal [Audio]
Nyoongar resistance to a proposed native title deal covering the Perth area, is continuing to grow. A new Tent Ambassy on Heirrison Island was set up to protest the touted one billion dollar deal. The government’s package would put 500-million … Continue reading
The Future is Up Ahead
Australia has reached a crucial fork in the road and collectively has to make a decision. One road leads back to its shameful past and the other road to a new (but old) country. The latter destination is place where … Continue reading
The Sovereign Union – Aboriginal National Unity Government
Michael Anderson has announced a plan to visit Aboriginal people all over the country with the aim of forming a national unity government to be known as the ‘Sovereign Union‘. He says it’s one of the outcomes of its 40th … Continue reading